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Betawatch: WoW Legion takes a holiday break (December 18th, 2015)
If you're really in love with the current PvP experience in World of Warcraft... oh, whom am I kidding? Pretty much no one is...
Betawatch: Albion Online celebrates the season and its backers (December 11, 2015)
Who loves Albion Online? The game is clearly doing something right enough to celebrate 60,000 founders backing the game in its current beta test;...
Betawatch: Star Citizen’s universe expands (December 4, 2015)
The universe of Star Citizen is getting a bit bigger with the addition of 50,000 testers to its persistent universe. It also has a...
Betawatch: The Repopulation’s downtime risk is real (November 27, 2015)
If you wanted to point to an MMO doing everything right when it comes to Kickstarter, The Repopulation would be a fine pick. Unfortunately,...
Betawatch: Devilian steps up its PvP game for its fourth closed beta test (November 20, 2015)
How strong is Devilian's PvP game? Really, it's hard to say, but it's being stepped up for the game's fourth closed test. That closed...
Betawatch: Indefinite delays hit Bless Online (November 13th, 2015)
There is basically no situation wherein an indefinite delay is a good thing for a game. Bless Online is getting hit with one at...
Betawatch: Asta hops to the west (November 6, 2015)
It's interesting to watch the progress of Asta as a title. The game shut down rather quickly in its native country, but it has...
Betawatch: Closed beta explosion (October 30, 2015)
It's a week of games entering closed beta. That is the joke here, if you want to call it a joke. Front and center,...
Betawatch: Black Desert takes the spotlight by storm (October 23, 2015)
If you are all a-flutter for news about Black Desert, this week has been kind to you. Super kind, even. A preview of the...
Betawatch: Overwatch opens up, Black Desert pinpoints release (October 16th, 2015)
It's a big news duel in the beta sphere this week. Overwatch announced that it will be entering beta on October 27th with a...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained begins beta next year (October 9, 2015)
The good news is that Camelot Unchained will indeed be hitting the shores of the land of betas. The bad news? It's not going...
Betawatch: October 2nd, 2015
Bad news for fans of elegant turns on the dance floor and all of the delicious accompanying politics that Ever, Jane promised - the...
Betawatch: September 25th, 2015
I really hope your plans for the immediate future didn't include playing the full retail release for Sword Coast Legends, because the game's launch...
Betawatch: September 18th, 2015
After a lengthy testing period, World of Warships has finally left port. That means that Wargaming.net has finally succeeded in getting all of the...
Betawatch: September 11th, 2015
How eternal were you planning on making your crusade? We ask chiefly because Eternal Crusade has announced that its closed alpha test will start...
Betawatch: September 4th, 2015
The pre-alpha testing for Crowfall has started, which is really great even if it's mostly just people beating the snot out of one another...
Betawatch: August 28th, 2015
Project Gorgon's latest run on Kickstarter is over, and it was a pretty big success for the title, hitting almost $75,000 in funding. That...
Betawatch: August 21st, 2015
Revival isn't yet in closed beta or closed alpha or even really in pre-alpha, but it is letting players walk around the houses they...
Betawatch: August 14th, 2015
We all thought that Otherland was dead due to something as silly as a very long silence and the complete failure of its development...
Betawatch: August 7th, 2015
It's time for the first Guild Wars 2 expansion beta weekend! Technically, it's a public weekend, but the only parts of the public that...
